I think hole punch might just for SE models with Touch ID. Apple just reduced the size of the notch on the 13. I think the iPhone 14 is going to have the same notch. Just my opinion.
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The design will be very much like the current iPhone. Just a different camera depth with no bumps. I think the big change will be on foldable phones. I also have my doubts about the notch, because Apple just added to its macbook line. Removing it on iPhones makes things less coherent.
I will only get an iPhone that looks like a smaller iPad. Zero notches or hole punches.
I really hope they go with the tiny single-camera sized notch instead, kinda like some Androids did in 2018-2019:
The punch-hole is hardly better, since the screen between the hole and the edge isn't useable. With a tiny teardrop notch it's also possible to move the camera slightly outside of the screen perimeter, so you'll end up losing a semi-circle instead of a full circle.
The punch-hole is hardly better, since the screen between the hole and the edge isn't useable. With a tiny teardrop notch it's also possible to move the camera slightly outside of the screen perimeter, so you'll end up losing a semi-circle instead of a full circle.
I will agree with on Face ID I end having to type my passcode sometimes just to get into my phone because Face ID won’t work right?
I don’t. It’s too Android looking.
You don’t know it’ll be a ‘major redesign’. These are just predictions
Yep, in many cases, it’s code for “I don’t like it, and an important guy who conveniently isn’t here to shoot me down, would totally agree with me.”
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I agree with you but most likely it will be re-design. Apple can't be rolling over the same old design year after year. Last year Apple took a break. The whole engineering took a shift towards the iPhone 14. Apple has had plenty of time to work around the iPhone 14. Time will tell
Reports below were reported right before iPhone 13 was even announced to the public.
Apple Engineers Introduced Fewer Design Changes to the iPhone 13 to Spend More Time on Next Year’s iPhone 14
One reason why the iPhone 13 features fewer design changes is because Apple engineers are working on the iPhone 14
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Gurman: iPhone 14 to feature a ‘complete redesign’ - 9to5Mac
Mark Gurman is back with another edition of his Power On newsletter. This time, the journalist doubles down rumors regarding the iPhone 14.
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Mark Gurman: Apple's iPhone engineers are working on a 'complete redesign' | Philip ElmerâDeWitt
From Gurman's "It's time to talk about the iPhone 14" mailed Sunday to his Bloomberg ($) Power On subscribers.
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That’s an obvious storyline that all of us really want to believe but we need to leave room for the possibility of the 14 not being a major redesign. I would definitely love to see a redesign though! However it is always fun to share ideas and speculate. I love these times because we all sort of campaign for what we think is most important only to spend one week in the fall feverishly tracking our new devices and whatever changes they come with 🤣🤣I agree with you but most likely it will be re-design. Apple can't be rolling over the same old design year after year. Last year Apple took a break. The whole engineering took a shift towards the iPhone 14. Apple has had plenty of time to work around the iPhone 14. Time will tell
Reports below were reported right before iPhone 13 was even announced to the public.
Apple Engineers Introduced Fewer Design Changes to the iPhone 13 to Spend More Time on Next Year’s iPhone 14
One reason why the iPhone 13 features fewer design changes is because Apple engineers are working on the iPhone 14
Gurman: iPhone 14 to feature a ‘complete redesign’ - 9to5Mac
Mark Gurman is back with another edition of his Power On newsletter. This time, the journalist doubles down rumors regarding the iPhone 14.
Mark Gurman: Apple's iPhone engineers are working on a 'complete redesign' | Philip ElmerâDeWitt
From Gurman's "It's time to talk about the iPhone 14" mailed Sunday to his Bloomberg ($) Power On subscribers.
Apple tend to stick to a three year design run, having just shrunk the notch I can't see a major change this year, the following year probably, also we don't now how the supply chain of components will be this year let alone how Covid will be in the year ahead, there are lots of moving parts for a major change in times like these.I agree with you but most likely it will be re-design. Apple can't be rolling over the same old design year after year. Last year Apple took a break. The whole engineering took a shift towards the iPhone 14. Apple has had plenty of time to work around the iPhone 14. Time will tell
Reports below were reported right before iPhone 13 was even announced to the public.
Apple Engineers Introduced Fewer Design Changes to the iPhone 13 to Spend More Time on Next Year’s iPhone 14
One reason why the iPhone 13 features fewer design changes is because Apple engineers are working on the iPhone 14
Gurman: iPhone 14 to feature a ‘complete redesign’ - 9to5Mac
Mark Gurman is back with another edition of his Power On newsletter. This time, the journalist doubles down rumors regarding the iPhone 14.
Mark Gurman: Apple's iPhone engineers are working on a 'complete redesign' | Philip ElmerâDeWitt
From Gurman's "It's time to talk about the iPhone 14" mailed Sunday to his Bloomberg ($) Power On subscribers.
I think the iPhone 14 will be the final year of this design but also how much more can you change a rectangle, apart from reduction in SoC size they are making the components cheaper inside as it costs more to buy in now, with power prices going up across the world even making phones will get more expensive and this year will be another Qualcomm modem which will cost even more, and I have to say I'm not keen on a total Apple made phone as their first modem wont be up to Qualcomm's standards, the tech is a lot harder to make, Intel could not do it and Qualcomm own so many patents thats going to be interesting to see how they pull it off without treading on toes and also make the phones impossible to fix by third parties if they iliminate other pats so the motherboard is just Apple tech. Also more to go wrong if you put all your eggs in one basket, and less control for the user if they want to go in that direction possibly.
So I think the years of major redesigns across the board for all manufactures will slow down until the fold type phone's or something along those lines becomes the next way forward I'm not saying a fold is what Apple will do but there is a change coming as people want smaller phones to take out but with the ability to have them turn into tablets as well, which is probably along the lines of the next big change and makes sense for many rather than having two devices. Apart from hiding the notch it FaceID has to be able to work well though an OLED panel, and if it does not Apple wont use it, and that tech is only now seeping forward for normal cameras let alone face ID and after shrinking it for money saving costs I imagine I cant see them changing it again the following year.
Also the first of that design might be one to avoid as it will be refined the next year as is Apples way. If you want more sensors for say touch ID and good battery life your phone will be thicker, and the camera bump will be here to stay unless you want a phone that's 1cm thick. Seriously the 13 Pro with a case on that's almost flush to the cameras is about that thick and I cant see people buying a phone that chunky, so I cant see a phone being thick enough to hide the bump anytime soon. If you want good camera tech that's the way it will be for a while yet I imagine. But as someone else said, what do I know.
My prediction: In order to unite the warring notch versus hole punch camps, Apple will have a "notch punch" - the best/worst of both worlds.
What would the "notch punch" look like or how would it work? I have no idea - I am just making a stupid prediction.
My HUGE iPad Pro is a little hard to hold too. It doesn't have really sharp edges, but if they were more radiused, it would likely feel a little more comfortable. *shrug*
I'd take "a smidge thicker", no bump, a bigger battery, and my freaking jack back, any day of the week.
Apple is planning a redesigned MacBook Air powered by a new M2 chip that will be "marginally faster" than the M1 chip, according to Gurman. He expects the M2 chip to have an 8-core CPU like the M1 chip with a 9-core or 10-core GPU, which would be an upgrade over the 7-core or 8-core GPU options for the current MacBook Air.
This part as always somewhat confused me 'with a 9-core or 10-core GPU, which would be an upgrade over the 7-core or 8-core GPU options for the current MacBook Air.'
should this part of the sentence say 9-core OR 10-core (I'm perceiving this as 1 or the other) vs 9-core & 10-core along with 7-core & 8-core (to show either are selectable options not this or that)?